“Waking Ned” director Kirk Jones sets up first TV project: Vertigo Films “Trump Golf Course Drama” You’ve Been Trumped “

Hollywood writer and director Kirk Jones stars in a hilarious drama series coming to Vertigo Films you have been robbedWhich marks his first foray into television drama.

The wake up, Tata McPhee Y what to expect when you expect it The director will write and direct a four-part series based on the 2011 Anthony Baxter Award-winning documentary on the Scottish Little Scotland issue hindering Donald Trump and the development of his golf course.

Jones has completed scripts that likely utilize the dark humor and deep emotional sensitivity of the Baxter document.

Set on the north east coast of Scotland, one of the most ecologically sensitive areas in Europe, the drama tells the incredible true story of what happens when ordinary people meet one of the most famous, divided and powerful families in the world. Deadline first broke the news of the project in November 2020.

Before becoming president, billionaire Trump decided to build an expensive golf course in the middle of Scotland’s precious reserve, Aberdeenshire, the Scottish government repealed its environmental laws to give him the green light. This forced the locals to struggle to maintain their lifestyle and homes.

Told through the eyes of farmer Michael Forbes, his family and a large group of residents, it follows the key figures at the center of the story: former SNP Prime Minister Alex Salmond and Councilor John Swinney, Guardian reporter Annie Baxter and all. The Trump family.

“There was a reason the global media was drawn to this story in 2006 and why it was such a decisive attempt to avoid Anthony Baxter’s excellent documentary of the same name in 2011,” Jones said. “The Special Site of Scientific Interest was stripped of its status and the respectable society was faced with an unwelcome attacker. This is a story that needs to be told to a wider audience and I am thrilled to be working with this team on what we anticipate to be a hilarious, dramatic and emotionally engaging television series set in one of the most beautiful locations in the British Isles. . . “

Vertigo operates digital entertainment company Blazing Griffin (A book of love) and the photographs of Montrose by Baxter (the eye of the stormAlan Nibble, Naisun Alae Caru, Lizzie Gray, Baxter and Jones are executive producers.

Alan Niblo, co-founder Vertigo The films said, “The Trump presidency is probably one of the craziest periods in modern history, but despite this story, about a rebellious spirit, human effort and genuine fear of the planet, we feel compelled to dramatize. Kirk is the ideal person to repeat this story, having gained community power, heart and soul so well. wake up.

Cast and further details will be announced in a timely manner.